Type Of Errors

If you’re having an msvcr120.dll error and the file is missing you are going to get next errors when running your program or a game. Here are listed the most common messages that users are getting when they encounter an error with the missing msvcr120.dll file.

Msvcr120.dll Not Found

File msvcr120.dll Not Found.

This application failed to start because msvcr120.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

Cannot find msvcr120.dll

The file msvcr120.dll is missing.

Cannot start the program. A required component is missing: msvcr120.dll. Please install the program again.

Sometimes Windows doesn’t even work properly due to the missing or corrupted msvcr120.dll file. So to fix it you have to download the file and place it where it should be on your computer. Read the installation guide down below which is going to help you with msvcr120.dll errors.

Msvcr120.dll is located in Windows\System32 folder or Windows\SysWOW64 folder. It is required to be installed there in any Windows 10, 8, 8.1, 7 and Vista versions.

How To Install

Before you download the file you should check which Windows you’re running. It is either 64 bit Windows or 32 bit Windows. To do that open “My Computer”, right click and choose Properties. There you have it:

This is 32-bit Operating system.

And this is 64-bit Operating system:

Then follow the instruction:

Download the file.

Unzip it wherever you want.

Place the file into [PATH TO YOUR WINDOWS INSTALLATION]\Windows\System32\ folder or [PATH TO YOUR WINDOWS INSTALLATION]\Windows\SysWOW64\ folder, depending on what Windows bit system you’re running.

These easy steps should fix your issue with missing msvcr120.dll that isn’t found in your system.

Programs and Games that require msvcr120.dll to work

Adobe Photoshop CC 2015, 2017

Fortnite

SAMP

SIMS 4

PES 2017

Adobe programs (Photoshop, Premiere Pro and others)

Battlefield game series

Star Wars: Battlefront I, II

FIFA series (17,28,19)

Mass Effect

Max Payne 3

Warcraft 3

Sniper Elite 3

Hearts of Iron IV

Avira

JAVA

Linux

Ethereum

Ghost Recon

Assasin’s Creed Origins / Odyssey

And many others…

Additional Information

If downloading the file didn’t fix the msvcr120.dll error then do any of these steps:

Sometimes you or any program could delete msvcr120.dll. In this case open Recycle Bin and check if the file is here. If yes then right click on it and chose “Restore”. That will fix your missing error.

Download the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 from official Windows website. msvcr120.dll is a part of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package so downloading and installing it should fix the errors. It will simply restore or re-install this file and other files in case they are missing.

Install any available Windows updates. Sometimes Microsoft updates Windows files and an update may contain msvcr120.dll that is not found.

Check your system with antivirus. You may use any Antivirus you find. If you have none we strongly recommend to get one but for a one time run you may use DrWeb CureIt. It is very efficient in looking for SpyWare of MailWare that might cause msvcr120.dll error by simply deleting or corrupting the file.

Sometimes your system is so corrupted there is no easy way of fixing missing dll-files. In this case you may use System Restore to undo the latest changes that has caused the mess. If you can’t access Windows in a regular way then go into Safe mode and try to apply changes using the Windows Safe Mode.

The latest option would be perform a clean Windows installation that will fix your system and update it to the latest version. But use this as the last option if none of the suggestions above didn’t help you fix the missing msvcr120.dll.